Re: Client Access crashes -- MIDRANGE-L

Is it still possible to get the previous service pack?

Neil Palmer wrote:

> There are several flakey problems with V3R1M3 at Service Pack SF48155.
> You may want to drop back to the previous Service Pack SF46891.
>
> One known problem is where PC5250 won't connect via TCP/IP if it takes a
> long while for the remote system to reply (say over 800 milliseconds on
> a ping).  Yet you can connect OK with Graphical Access, Operations
> Navigator, Data Transfer, etc.
> Apparently this doesn't occur on SF46891.
>
> Another nasty problem - in a PC5250 session connect to your 400 (note
> this problem only occured when connecting to a V4R1 system, if I
> connected to a V3R1 machine it worked fine, to a V3R2 system it drops
> the session - and leaves it active on the 400 - and goes back to a
> signion display).  Now (without first doing STRPASTHR or TELNET to
> another system) go to the System Request menu.  You'll notice option 11
> - Transfer to previous system.  Now on a twinax screen you wouldn't see
> that if you hadn't done a STRPASTHR or TELNET to another machine.  Now,
> should you happen to try to run that option 11 it will crash your
> session.  CPF5063 Data sent to device xxxxx invalid.
> This is particularly nasty when you HAVE done STRPASTHR or TELNET to
> another machine, then done SysReq 11 to go back to your original system,
> then you forget which one you're on and do a SysReq 11 (instead of
> SysReq 1) to go back to the target system.  Bye bye session !  I don't
> know if this problem just started with SF48155 or if it existed
> previously.
>
> Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gary Lehman [SMTP:Gary_Lehman@mail.mchcp.org]
> > Sent: Monday, July 20, 1998 3:53 PM
> > To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject:      Client Access crashes
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using the latest and greatest Client Access V3M1R3 with the latest
> > service pack and I seem to be having some trouble.  I just want to
> > know if
> > anyone on this list has had some crazy things happen like your machine
> > rebooting whenever you click on an AS/400 session to bring it up.
> > I've also
> > had other quirky things like a command shell not wanting to shut down
> > when I
> > shut down the PC and errors with RUN32.DLL.  These things weren't
> > happening
> > until Client Access was installed.  If anyone has had any problems
> > like
> > these let me know.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gary Lehman
> > Programmer Analyst
> > Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan
> >
> >               -----Original Message-----
> >               From:   Buck Calabro [mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net]
> >               Sent:   Thursday, July 16, 1998 9:47 AM
> >               To:     'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> >               Subject:        RE: RUNRMTCMD
> >
> >               On Thursday, July 16, 1998 8:25 AM, Gary Lehman
> >               [SMTP:Gary_Lehman@mail.mchcp.org] wrote:
> >               > Yes the daemon is running on the PC.  However, I have
> > to
> > do it manually
> >               > and
> >               > the commands I'm trying to run don't seem to execute,
> > even
> > though it
> >               > tells
> >               > me the command ran successfully.
> >
> >               Gary,
> >                 Any output from the command will be put into a spooled
> > file on the 400.
> >                Also, the daemon window will have a record of what
> > happened.  Here are
> >               the exact steps I take to run commands on my PC from my
> > 400:
> >
> >               1. Open a DOS window from W95
> >               2. cwbrxd
> >               The daemon window (this one) shows:
> >               IBM AS/400 Client Access for Windows 95/NT
> >               Version 3  Release 1  Level 3
> >               TCP/IP Remote Command Server
> >               (C) Copyright IBM Corporation and Others 1984, 1995.
> > All
> > rights reserved.
> >               U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use,
> > duplication
> > or disclosure
> >                 restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.
> >               Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
> >
> >               CWBAR1007 - Client Access CWBRXD has been started.
> >
> >               3. On the AS/400, RUNRMTCMD CMD(DIR)
> >                         RMTLOCNAME(BUCK *IP)
> >                         RMTUSER(BUCK)
> >                         RMTPWD(MyW95Password)
> >                  Note that my PC is in the AS/400 host table as BUCK.
> > CFGTCP, option
> >               10.
> >                  The PC daemon window shows:
> >
> >               Ran the following remote command from user BUCK on
> > system
> > AS400COM: 'DIR'
> >
> >               4. On the AS/400, WRKSPLF.  I have a spooled file named
> > QSYSPRT that
> >               contains the directory listing.  The first few lines
> > are:
> >
> >                Volume in drive C has no label
> >                Volume Serial Number is 3A39-1205
> >                Directory of C:\WINDOWS
> >               .              <DIR>        04-13-98 11:12a .
> >               ..             <DIR>        04-13-98 11:12a ..
> >               SYSTEM         <DIR>        04-13-98 11:12a SYSTEM
> >               COMMAND        <DIR>        04-13-98 11:12a COMMAND
> >               HELP           <DIR>        04-13-98 11:12a HELP
> >               MSBATCH  INF         1,209  12-17-97 11:03a MSBATCH.INF
> >               NETDET   INI         7,885  08-24-96 11:11a NETDET.INI
> >
> >               5. When I'm all done, I open another DOS window from W95
> >               6. CWBRXDSD
> >                  The daemon window shows
> >               CWBAR1008 - Client Access CWBRXD is shutting down.
> >               7. EXIT from the daemon window
> >               8. EXIT from the stop daemon window
> >
> >               I am running Client Access V3R1M3, service pack level
> > SF46891 on a TCP/IP
> >               connection to a 620 running V4R2 at PFT level 98140.
> >
> >               Buck Calabro
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